This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iVB.2ACI/2357.1 Message Board Post: 1. Peter HERMAN was born about 1767 in Pennsylvania and died about 1853 in Catawba County , North Carolina. After marrying Barbara Bowman, they lived on Lyles Creek and later on the Catawba River in Catawba County. In 1828 he bought 251 acres on Clarks Creek for $600 which later was known as the Peter Herman place. Peter and Barbara's children were Ephriam, Lorina, who married Adam Flowers; George, who married Barbara Hunsucker; John, who married Elizabeth Killian; Mathias, who married 29 June 1839 Anne Peterson; Katharine, Sallie, who married William Fox; Elizabeth, who married George Bowman; and Anna Herman, who married Grisson Spencer. Peter Herman gave land for St. Peters Church near Newton. He later belonged to the St. Paul's Lutheran congregation and was an elder for many years. [Heritage of Catawba County, NC, article 300] Peter HERMAN and Barbara BOWMAN were married about 1792 in Lincoln (now Catawba) County, NC. Barbara BOWMAN (daughter of Daniel (George) [Bauman] BOWMAN Sr. and Elizabeth Mary [Bolch] BOLICK) was born on 25 Aug 1774 in Lincoln County, NC and died after 1850 in Catawba County, NC. Peter HERMAN and Barbara BOWMAN had the following children: 2 i. Katherine HERMAN was born after 1792. +3 ii. Sarah "Sallie" HERMAN (born in 1795). +4 iii. Elizabeth HERMAN (born on 25 Feb 1800). +5 iv. George HERMAN (born on 21 Feb 1802). +6 v. John HERMAN (born in 1804). +7 vi. Matthias [Harmon] HERMAN (born about 1808). +8 vii. Ephriam A. HERMAN (born on 14 Nov 1808). +9 viii. Ruby "Rissa" Dessa Lorina HERMAN (born about 1813). +10 ix. Mary Anna HERMAN (born about 1812/13).